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...Cello (1954). This piece uses a dissonant, non-tonal vocabulary, articulated in driving rhythms and evocative melodic fragments. The result is an almost Romantic sense of clearly defined broad gestures. Kirchner, along with violinist Donald Weilerstein and cellist Laurence Lesser, responded to these qualities in a lean, rhythmically taut performance that conveyed a sense of urgent, breathless energy...
...nicknames may not be surprising for someone who stands 6 ft. 8 in. and weighs in at a taut 235 Ibs. But McGinnis has earned them all. He has carried the young, inexperienced Pacers to the final round of the A.B.A. playoffs that begin this week against the Kentucky Colonels. At the same time, recruiters from the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers are trying to lure him to the N.B.A. With good reason: Big Mac, 24, is rapidly becoming known as the most valuable forward in basketball...
...seeing the shadow-faced smoking tough guy on a Saturday morning long ago, and feeling what an intense character it was without knowing this was Bogie: any Bogart mania now owes a lot to that early Resh, I think. And it's a trip to see the original I-taut-I-saw-a-puddy-tat, I did, I did. Every theme, whether Elmer Fudd chasing down Bugs or Sylvester on the prowl, is hunted outwitting the hunter, of course, whatever that means...
...unsportsmanlike conduct, but James Connors has taken the art of on-court temperament to new heights ? or depths. Given an audience, Connors can seldom resist the temptation to ham. Occasionally he loses control and crosses the boundary of mischief into malice. When that happens, usually at a taut moment in a match, Connors can explode in one of the self-indulgent tantrums that have earned him his reputation as the world's reigning Tennis Brat and Bad Boy. Much of the time, though, off the court as well as on, he is simply a friendly, uninhibited urchin...
Stanley Clarke (Nemperor; $6.98). Clarke, 23, can play anything from a soft-shoe acoustic bass to taut Spanish classic strings to a wailing electric bass. His background includes classical bass studies and ensemble playing with Stan Getz, Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Imaginative stick work by Drummer Tony Williams provides an effective foil for Clarke over much of his first...